On Saturday, November 14, the No. 23 Gaels (18-4, 10-1) defeated the No. 25 University of San Diego Toreros (16-6, 8-3) to win the West Coast Conference Championship in five sets, 25-18, 25-19, 20-25, 17-25, 15-10. Saint Mary's automatically receives a berth to the NCAA post-season tournament with the victory. This is the first time in Saint Mary's history that Gael's volleyball has won the division. The Gaels finished out the rest of their season with sweeps over Portland and Gonzaga. The Gael's climbed to No. 22 in the rankings and host BYU on Saturday, November 28th at 3:00 p.m. to close out the regular season.
C. Graveson
Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA